DePaul University : French

FCH 100         FRENCH PRACTICUM
Required intensive language practice to reinforce study in 101-103. Each practicum must be taken concurrently with its corresponding basic course. No practicum may be taken alone.

FCH 101         BASIC FRENCH I (COREQ(S): FCH 100)
Listening to, speaking, reading and writing French in a cultural context for the beginning student. Must be taken with French 100. COREQUISTE(S): FCH 100

FCH 102         BASIC FRENCH II (COREQ(S): FCH 100)
Continued emphasis on the four skills in culturally-authentic situations. Must be taken with French 100. COREQUISTE(S): FCH 100

FCH 103         BASIC FRENCH III (COREQ(S): FCH 100)
Completion of the basic elements of the French language, spoken as well as written, with due regard to the cultural context of French expression. Must be taken with French 100. COREQUISTE(S): FCH 100

FCH 104         INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
Intensive practice in the use of French through listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and continued enhancement of the cultural awareness intrinsic to those skills.

FCH 105         INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II
Intermediate French II. reading and listening abilities in an authentic cultural context.

FCH 106         INTERMEDIATE FRENCH III
Developing more fluency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French with a concomitant heightened awareness of the cultural dimensions of the French language.

FCH 197         SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH
See schedule for current offerings.

FCH 198         FOREIGN STUDY [PREREQ(S): PERMISSION]
Variable credit. Prerequisite: permission required.

FCH 199         INDEPENDENT STUDY [PREREQUISITE: PERMISSION]
Variable credit. Prerequisite(s): permission of chair and instructor required.

FCH 201         ADVANCED COMMUNICATION I
Developing culturally appropriate speech and writing through the study of speech acts and written documents within the context of a systematic study and review of grammar.

FCH 202         ADVANCED COMMUNICATION II
Focus on the differences between speech and writing with an emphasis on the latter as expressed in compositions, editing, and other writing activities.

FCH 203         ADVANCED COMMUNICATION III
Developing a sophisticated spoken fluency using authentic oral texts as models for elaborated discourse. Written texts and writing exercises reinforce oral expression.

FCH 204         ADVANCED COMMUNICATION IV
Continued refinement of advanced speaking skills by focusing on oral texts discussed in their sociocultural context. Backup support provided through written texts and exercises.

FCH 297         SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH
See schedule for current offerings.

FCH 298         FOREIGN STUDY [PREREQ(S): PERMISSION]
Variable credit. Prerequisite: permission required.

FCH 299         INDEPENDENT STUDY [PREREQ(S): PERMISSION]
Variable credit. Prerequisite(s): permission of chair and instructor required.

FCH 301         THE MIDDLE AGES
Chansons de gestes, theatre, lyric poetry, chronicles.

FCH 302         SURVEY OF 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE
1600 to the end of the "ancien r?gime".

FCH 303         ROMANTICS, REALISTS, AND REBELS
19th-century French literature.

FCH 304         FRENCH CIVILIZATION I
French Civilization I. Intellectual, political and social background from early times through the revolution.

FCH 305         RENAISSANCE
LaPleiade, Rabelais, Montaigne, Marguerite de Navarre.

FCH 306         THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV   [A&L]
Classical period 1660-1700.

FCH 307         THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Contributions of 18th-century French thinkers.

FCH 308         THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny, Musset.

FCH 309         THE FRENCH NOVEL
Topics include: 17th- and 18th-century novel; world of Balzac; Flaubert and Stendhal; Realism and Naturalism; contemporary novelists; survey of the novel.

FCH 310         FRENCH DRAMA
Topics include: classical drama; romantic drama; contemporary drama.

FCH 311         FRENCH POETRY
Topics include: form and substance; Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarme; contemporary poets.

FCH 312         TWENTIETH CENTURY WRITERS
Proust, Gide, Malraux, Camus, Sartre.

FCH 313         THE SURREALIST REVOLUTION
Nerval, Lautreamont, Breton, Aragon; Films of Man Ray and Bunuel.

FCH 314         CONTEMPORARY FRENCH WRITERS
Bataille, Perec, Blanchot, Yourcenar, Duras, Tournier, LeClezio, Guibert, Cixous, Ernaux, Tremblay, Conde, Ben Jelloun.

FCH 315         CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CRITICISM
Topics include: structuralist critics; feminist critics; post-modernist critics.

FCH 316         FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE OF AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Classic and emerging writers of these regions.

FCH 317         THE LITERATURE OF FRENCH CANADA
Classic and contemporary French-Canadian writers.

FCH 318         THEATRE PERFORMANCE (COURSE # INACTIVE 9/1/1993)
Theatre Performance (course # Inactive 9/1/1993)

FCH 319         FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE WOMEN WRITERS [A&L]
Studies in literary, cultural and social issues.

FCH 320         FRENCH FOR BUSINESS
Advanced preparation for the use of French in the business world.

FCH 321         TRANSLATION (PREREQ: THREE YEARS OF COLLEGE FRENCH)
Fundamental principles of translation and acquisition of practical skills involved in translating original documents from French into English and from English into French in the areas of literature and other topics. PREREQUISTE(S):Three years of college French

FCH 322         FRENCH GRAMMAR AND USAGE
An examination of French grammar as a linguistic system and of notions of "standard" in written and spoken French. Recommended for future teachers and students interested in grammatical analysis.

FCH 323         TRANSLATION II
Continues introduction to fundamental principles of translation and acquisition of techniques for translating a range of texts from French into English. Continuation of FCH 321.

FCH 324         TRANSLATION III
Intensive practice of French-English translation. Continuation of FCH 323, with internship involving francophone companies or a free-lance translation project. Completes professional experience and portfolio for students seeking Minor in French Translation.

FCH 326         FRENCH STYLISTICS
An intensive writing course, providing rhetorical, linguistic, and literary analysis of varied styles of writing.

FCH 329         FRENCH CINEMA
Topics in French film from its origins to the present day.

FCH 332         FRENCH CIVILIZATION II
Intellectual, political and social background from the rise of Napoleon to the current time.

FCH 340         FRENCH CIVILIZATION III (SELF, SOCIETY AND THE MODERN WORLD)
Contemporary France.

FCH 341         INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE I
Survey of French literature from its beginnings through the 17th century. (Required of all majors).

FCH 342         INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE II
Survey of French literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. (Required of all majors).

FCH 345         THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN FRANCE
A cultural studies perspective on the immigrant populations in France since the end of the colonial empire in Africa. Includes: Algeria, Morrocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Cameroun, Mali.

FCH 350         FRENCH PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS
An in-depth study of the language's sound system and intensive pronunciation practice. Advanced knowledge of French is a prerequisite.

FCH 397         SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH
See schedule for current offerings.

FCH 398         FOREIGN STUDY [PREREQ(S): PERMISSION]
Variable credit. Students participating in the Institute of European Studies will be allowed to count a total of three courses (semester program) or five courses (year program) towards their major or minor requirements. PREREQUISITE(S): permission required.

FCH 399         INDEPENDENT STUDY (PREREQ: PERMISSION)
Variable credit. Permission of chair and instructor required. PREREQUISTE(S):Permission of chair and instructor required.